Desperate Love: Rebirth of the Demon King

At this time, Yunji Villa held a disciple selection meeting every three years.

Ziyun, Jinxuan and their companions finally reached the top of Danxia Peak, and saw colorful horse-drawn carriages approaching the mountain one after another.

Among them were the children of famous ministers and generals of the Crescent Moon Kingdom, the children of wealthy merchants, and those who came from neighboring countries and even further afield to cultivate immortality.

Due to heavy snow blocking the road, everyone abandoned their cars and walked up the mountain when they reached the foot of the mountain. The colorful humans walking on the snow-covered road was a spectacular sight.

Zi Yan watched all this excitedly, eagerly hoping in her heart that it would be great if she were one of these people.

"Why do you look like that?" Jin Xuan asked curiously as he looked at Zi Yan.

"I also want to cultivate immortality, but unfortunately I'm just an ordinary maid." Zi Yan expressed her thoughts sadly.

"I am also going there to become a disciple and cultivate immortality. If you really want to cultivate immortality, wait until I meet the head of Yunji Villa, and I will ask him to make an exception and let you in, okay?" The innocent Jin Xuan immediately expressed that he really wanted to help the girl.

"Thank you for your kindness. How could the master listen to a teenager like you and let a maid like me join the sect?" Zi Yan looked at Jin Xuan gratefully.

"Anyway, since we know each other, I will definitely plead for you." Jin Xuan patted his chest and promised.

"Oh, young master, please don't make rash promises. You're making Miss Zi Yan happy for nothing." Xiao Yuanzi interrupted Jin Xuan immediately. His young master could only show off his eloquence at this moment. Once the high priest arrived, his dream of cultivating immortals would be awakened.

"Xiao Yuanzi, you don't believe in my strength? Humph!" Jin Xuan no longer paid attention to Xiao Yuanzi's words, and followed Ziyun Ziyan and Lao Jin to Yunji Villa to knock on the door.

After entering Yunji Villa, Jin Xuan and his servant were taken to the guest house as ordinary students to stay temporarily, while Ziyun and others went directly to find their masters.

Yu Xiaobai was naturally also brought to Sa Yulong's residence. Unlike Lan Moqiu's room, this place was decorated everywhere with pink decorations that girls liked, pink gauze curtains, and colorful tassel door curtains.

Yu Xiaobai is a young girl in her twenties. Seeing this pink decoration style, she was naturally delighted.

At this time, Sa Yulong was dressing herself in front of the mirror, Ziyun was combing her hair respectfully, and Zi Yan was standing aside respectfully holding the hair accessories.

Yu Xiaobai didn't dare to get too close nor too presumptuous, he could only stand quietly in the distance and watch the scene.

Why can't I travel through time and space to be this young lady? If I travel through time and space to be her, I will definitely be a kind, beautiful and helpful immortal cultivator.

I will do as it is written in the book, go down the mountain to catch monsters, eliminate evil spirits and defend justice, and save ordinary people who are harmed by monsters and ghosts.

Yu Xiaobai looked at Sa Yulong, his thoughts drifting into the clouds and fog, as if she could already fly with a sword and had learned the eighteen martial arts of the immortal world.

"In the near future, many apprentices with special identities will come to our Yunji Villa to become our disciples. Remember to keep an eye on this round-haired beast and don't let it go out and cause trouble." Sa Yulong saw Yu Xiaobai sitting quietly not far away through the mirror and gave a cold order.

"Yes, Miss." Ziyun replied respectfully.

"I've been away for half a year, but Brother Lan has managed to fatten it up. This beast really owes a lot to me." Sa Yulong glanced at Yu Xiaobai with disdain, her tone full of disgust.

This woman is really abominable. Even if she is using her to win over the person she likes, she shouldn't be so cold to her. She is really a femme fatale who is sweet-mouthed but has a vicious heart.

Yu Xiaobai secretly complained in his heart and cursed Sa Yulong from beginning to end.

"Okay, I'm going to the front hall to help the eldest brother select new disciples to enter the hall this year. You guys just stay in the back hall and don't go out to cause trouble, otherwise you may lose your lives." After saying this, Sa Yulong excitedly went out.

Yu Xiaobai turned his gaze to Ziyun and Ziyan. Both of them had indifferent expressions. Perhaps the woman often said such things, and they were used to it.

"Ziyun, I really want to go to the front hall and take a look?" Zi Yan looked at Ziyun with a pleading look.

"Zi Yan, we are just maids, you can't expect anything else. The young lady has clearly instructed that you are not allowed to go to the front hall. If you insist on going and cause trouble, what will happen?" Zi Yun advised solemnly.

"I'll only go once, just to take a look. I promise I'll come back after just one look. Please, Ziyun, my good sister." Zi Yan reached out and held Ziyun's arm, begging her coquettishly.

"You know I have no right to interfere with you. We are both equal maids. I'm just worried that you will be punished. If you insist on going, you know I can't stop you." Ziyun said with some annoyance.

Sa Yulong's temper was not as good as outsiders thought. Whenever the servants made a small mistake, she would punish them severely. For a lighter punishment, she would not give them food for a day or two. For a more serious punishment, she would lock them up in the utility room for several days after being beaten.

If Zi Yan insisted on going to the front hall, she would be discovered and would be severely injured even if she didn't die. She didn't want to see her good sister suffer such torture.

"I'll only go this once, please, I promise to just take a look. If I really get discovered, I'll say that I insisted on going there and it has nothing to do with you." After saying this, Zi Yan no longer cared about Zi Yun's worried expression and ran out of the door.

Ziyun said nothing more and took Yu Xiaobai to the kitchen to find food.

The food at Yunji Villa was indeed just as Yu Xiaobai had guessed, incomparable to that at the Priest's Mansion.

All the people here are cultivators, and they mainly eat vegetarian food. The diet of the few servants is not much better. Yu Xiaobai once again ate a mess of animal organs mixed with corn porridge.

She really didn't want to eat, but she couldn't help it. She had been hungry all day yesterday and most of the morning today. She gritted her teeth and decided to eat it. No matter what, staying alive was the most important thing.

Perhaps because she had been eating delicacies from land and sea for more than half a year, Lan Moqiu had already spoiled her stomach. After taking the first bite of porridge, she vomited out all the dry food she had eaten last night in a short while.

Her throat was burning and tears were streaming down her cheeks. After a night of fermentation, the smell of the stuff she vomited out was so strong that it went straight to her head. Woo woo woo... She didn't want to stay here! If she stayed here, she might starve to death.

"Oh!" Ziyun sighed, and could only helplessly clean up the vomit on the ground and share his simple meals with Yu Xiaobai.

After Yu Xiaobai vomited, she was so hungry that she could only grit her teeth and eat the same food as Ziyun. She could accept coarse grains, at least it wouldn't be so disgusting.

"I have to do something, Xue'er, you must not run around. If the young lady finds out, you will be beaten again, okay?" After Ziyun gave Yu Xiaobai instructions, he began to clean up Sa Yulong's room.

At first, Yu Xiaobai sat obediently aside and watched Ziyun clean the room, but after a while he began to doze off out of boredom.

This life of eating and waiting to die is really boring. Unfortunately, there is no thick and soft cushion for her to make a nest, nor is there Lan Moqiu's big bed for her to toss and turn on. She can only curl up on the ground in grievance.

In the front hall, there was an endless stream of young men coming from all directions to become disciples, and Yunji Villa specially arranged old disciples to greet them in front.

The children of these princes, nobles and wealthy families all brought a group of people to help, including personal servants, maids, book boys and other followers.

Some families even set up tents in front of the mountain to avoid the cold. The young men who came out to cultivate immortality were still surrounded by them like stars surrounding the moon. There were thousands of them at a glance.

After a while, Zhou Ze led a group of young disciples to the mountain gate of the front hall.

"Hello everyone, I'm Zhou Ze from Yunji Villa, and this is Sa Yulong. If you successfully become disciples of Yunji Villa in the future, we will be your senior brother and senior sister respectively." Zhou Ze, the first disciple of the head of Yunji Villa, introduced first.

When everyone heard his self-introduction, they all began to express envy and admiration.

As everyone knows, this first disciple is the son of Xinyue Country's Prime Minister Zhou Xun. Since he was born, this person has been predicted by a local scholar to have a strong affinity with immortality. The head of Yunji Villa even personally came to his house to accept him as his first disciple when he was eight years old.

Sa Hurricane has always kept Zhou Ze by his side and taught him personally. It can be said that Zhou Ze has learned the true skills from his master at a young age.

Among the many immortal cultivation sects, he is one of the candidates who is expected to ascend to the youngest position of the immortal. The other two are Ao San Gongzi of Zi Luo Palace and Gu Yunnuo of Xiaoyao Sect.

"We cultivate immortality in order to eliminate demons, defend the way of justice, protect the people, and maintain peace in the three realms. Since you have come to my Yunji Villa, you must abandon your previous identities, no matter if you are a prince or a noble, or a wealthy family in the world. As long as you enter Yunji Villa, you will be treated equally." Zhou Ze continued.

"None of your maids, servants, book boys, or tutors are allowed to enter the manor, let alone the dojo. If you can accept the rules I just mentioned, then you can start the next round of screening. If you can't accept them, then take your maids and servants and go back home as soon as possible."

After these speeches, some people began to hesitate and waver to varying degrees.

Some of them are spoiled brats at home, with nothing to do but cause trouble at home, so they were sent here by their parents.

Now, after hearing all these rules and regulations, they no longer have the mind to continue practicing Taoism.

Sure enough, within a short while, more than half of the people went back home cursing.

Some of the determined ones began to order their followers to go home, while they decided to stay alone to face the next test.

After the hesitant people had left, and the servants who were willing to stay had left, there were only about a hundred people in front of the mountain gate.

During the entire process, Zhou Ze stood as steady as a rock, with his eyes closed as if in meditation. He neither spoke nor had any expression.

After everyone who should have left had left, he slowly opened his eyes. His pair of tiger eyes were deep and bright, and he calmly scanned the crowd standing below.

"Big Brother, can we start?" Sa Yulong asked.

"Okay, I'll have to trouble you with the first level, Junior Sister." Zhou Ze smiled lovingly at Sa Yulong and made a gesture of invitation.

Sa Yulong summoned a spiritual weapon with a wave of her hand and threw it into an open space. The spiritual weapon turned into a mirror that was more than one person tall.

"This mirror is the Kunlun Mirror, a divine artifact from heaven. This mirror can show whether a person has the fate to cultivate immortality. Now you should line up one by one to accept the bond of the Kunlun Mirror." Sa Yulong loudly explained the purpose of the mirror.

After hearing this, everyone lined up neatly to wait for the inspection of the magic mirror. At the end of the line, Jin Xuan excitedly pressed Xiao Yuanzi and wanted to drag him away.

"Master, shall we leave? They have said that servants are not allowed to enter. If Xiao Yuanzi cannot go in to serve you, then I must take you away." Xiao Yuanzi pleaded in a low voice with tears in her eyes. Why couldn't he persuade this living ancestor?

"Don't have that expression. Since the eldest brother said that slaves are not allowed to enter, then you don't want to be a slave. Follow me in to practice Taoism, and we can just be brothers." Jin Xuan said naively.

"Young master, please don't embarrass Xiao Yuanzi. Xiao Yuanzi is a rootless person. How can he be a cultivator?" Xiao Yuanzi said with tears in his eyes.

"What nonsense are you talking about? If you say another word from now on, I will chop off your head immediately." Jin Xuan was so frightened by the words "rootless person" that he quickly covered Xiao Yuanzi's mouth.

He didn't want to be an emperor in the first place. If he could enter Yunji Villa to practice Taoism, the high priest would not be able to find him.

He heard that there was a magical barrier here that could completely isolate the huge Yunji Villa from the outside world, and ordinary people could not see this place at all.

The reason why they can be seen these days is because the villa is preparing for the once-in-three-years selection meeting, and they made an exception to open the barrier to allow new disciples to enter the mountain.

He thought that as long as he entered the immortal gate, the high priest would not be able to find him with the protection of the barrier, and he would not have to go back to the cage-like palace to be the boring emperor. As for who would be the emperor in the future, it had nothing to do with him.

More than one hundred immortal seekers walked past the divine realm one by one. When the disciples who had a connection with immortals were illuminated by the mirror light, a silver halo appeared around them. These were just ordinary people with ordinary qualifications, while those with above average qualifications showed golden light.

After a thorough examination with the magic mirror, only thirty-six people were able to stay, and Jin Xuan happened to be among them.

All those who were screened out wailed and hung their heads in dejection, looking at the place of hope and then looking at the way home, hesitating between the two choices.

Xiao Yuanzi seemed out of place among the crowd of people who were screened out. He looked at Jin Xuan, who had been chosen by the magic mirror, with an expression that made him want to cry but couldn't.

"Let's go, let's go, let's all go. I came all the way here with high hopes, but now I can only return disappointed."

“Everyone comes here with expectations and leaves with disappointment. You are not the only one.”

"It seems that we are not destined to become immortals."

"Magic mirror, magic mirror, why didn't you choose me?"

"What is there to regret? Cultivating immortals is not the only way to eliminate demons, defend the way and protect the human world. I believe that as long as I have a sword in my hand, I can still stand up to the world and fight against the strong and help the weak. Well, let's stop talking and go home! At least I have an explanation to my parents. It's not that I didn't come, but I don't have the fate to be an immortal." A young man in black clothes chuckled carefreely and flew down the mountain.

"Let's go. What else can we do if we don't leave?"

"Let's go now, maybe we can catch up with our family and go home together."

After some self-comfort and self-adjustment, the unsuccessful teenagers began to walk back one after another.

In front of the mountain gate, which was bustling with activity just now, there were now only the thirty-six newcomers waiting to be selected and the disciples of Yunji Mountain Villa.

"Next, everyone can follow the senior brothers and sisters into the guest rooms in the front hall to stay there first. Someone will take care of your meals and so on. After you have rested, you will start the entry trial tomorrow." Zhou Ze gave all the instructions before looking at Sa Yulong.

"Brother, let's go back and report to father!" Sa Yulong put away the Kunlun Mirror, her face showing the confidence and pride of a favored daughter of heaven.